Saturday 25 February 2017 provided special stage rally supporters in the Western Cape with good reason to feel good about their favourite motorsport as the annual Overberg Grand Prix certainly delivered in all aspects. An air of expectancy could be sensed during documentation on Saturday 25 February 2017 and the presence of four Namibian teams topped an already impressive 25 car entry.

Fresh from winning the opening round of the Northern Regions Rally Championship, the Hallspeed Bronkhorstspruit Rally, on Saturday 18 February 2017 must make Jacques and Leon Botha favourites for outright victory on the opening round of the Western Province Rally Championship, the iKapa Reticulation & Flow CCMCC Klipdale Rally, Saturday 25 February 2017.